Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. TRADE 4 LITTLE OFF. The Past Week Shows A
 1DecIine. AN AWFUL TRAFFIC IN BLOOD. Buffers Effort For The An-
 archists. 4 CASHIER NEATLY ROBBED. 4 Bloody Mystery From
 New Haven.
TRADE FALLS OFF A LITTLE.

TRADE FALLS OFF LITTLE. Wool Drops of One-Half and the De- mand for Dry Goods is Less With the Jobbers.
 NEW YORK, Oct 29.-Bradstreet's Weekly Trade Review says: At New York, Boston and Philadelphia there have been moderate declines in the volume of trade, wool falling off one-half at Boston aud the demand for
 dry goods being less with the jobbers. Wool manufacturers east are saving interest by
 making speculators carry wool stocks. The
 money markets tend toward more ease. The
 banks generally east and west are meeting
 all demands from regular customers, but the
 return flow of currency from the country has
 not begun yet Imports of gold in Septem-
 Der, S14, ,0S9, ,274, make the total excess of
 imports that month $14, ,641 1924, while for
 nine months the excess of gold imported is
 $20, ,165, ,975 and of merchandise $45, 334, 169,
 8 total excess of imports of $65, ,500, TAI,
 against an excess of exports last year
 of $12, 1886, ,998. This indicates in
 the absence of revival of exports
 or foreign purchasers a coming out flow of gold. The bank clearings for this
 week at thirty eight cities give total of $1, ,0e6, ,619, ,814, ten per cent. less less than last week and seven per cent. m ore than in
 the like week of 1886. Special reports of
 earnings per mile of sixty-four railroads for
 nine months of 1887 show an increase of 6.3
 per cent. over 1886, 7.S per cent. over 1885
 and only 3. i per cent. over 1884. The fea-
 ture is the large ratio of decrease shown by
 the grangers and southwestern roads, due to
 increased mileage, which overcome the gen.
 erally sustained mileage earnings of the
 other sections Imports of pig iron for nine
 months aggregate SIT, 900 tons, against 292,-
 GOO tons in 1886, of which 331 ,000 tons came from the United Kingdom. Old iron re- ceipts have jumped from 5S,OO0 in nine months of 1883 to 203,000 tons this year. Wheat is two cents, corn one cent, oats 24c., and wheat flour, low grade, five and ten cents higher on the week. Firmer cables, stiffer freights and light visible stocks have helped this. Available stocks of wheat in the United States October l as calculated by Bradstreet's were 40,700 bushels less than one year ago. Decreased stocks on passage are offset by increased stocks in the United Kingdom, France: Der lin and Odessa. Total exports of wheat and flour on both coasts for six days including October 27 aggregate 2,O65,O00 bushels against 1, 796, ,540 bushels last week, making total shipments from July to October 27 55, 800 900 bushels. Indian corn exports, both coasts, this week were 432, 1000 bushels against 502, 900 last week, the total since July 1 being 6,9O9,OOO bushels. From 100000 to 15,000,000 bushels of wheat are stored in northwestern ele- vators at this time. Bradstreet's advices are that France may have to import from 2O,- GOO, 900 to 30,O0O, ,O0O bushels of wheat this year. The region between the Rocky noun tains and the Mississippi has increased in population about 24O per cent. since lo7O and in production of wheat $50 per cent, produ- cling last year 175, ,0O0, 900 bushels.
 Bradstreet's reports 213 failures in theUni- ted States during the week against 195 for the preceding week and 216, 166, 238 and 209 for the coTresgS9nding weeks Of States had 50, New England 34, Southern A, Western 70, Pacific and territories 15, Can ada 25, decrease of from the previous weAk